discussion / assignment
Answer both questions posted in the discussion description related to Case Number 7-B Who Controls the local news? Sinclair Broadcasting and “Must Runs” in the Discussion
What is the value of local autonomy for journalists and producers? Discuss using the concepts of public service, credibility, and trust.
Do you see a difference in mergers that involve journalism, such as the Sinclair merger with Tribune, and mergers that are largely about entertainment such as AT& T/ Time Warner and Disney/ Fox?
250 words NO CITATIONS OR QUOTATIONS
Page 138-139 on the pdf
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Assignment
Look at the Fox News , CNN https://www.cnn.com/, and MSNBC websites.
Select three stories on each website on the same day.
List them by title, and briefly describe the content of the story: (don’t go too far into the stories; we’re going to do that next week in the Getting Started Challenge 7)
MSNBC
1., 2., 3.
CNN
1., 2., 3.
FoxNews
1., 2., 3.
(about 300 words total)
